Tide or wave motor



June 10, 1930. P. M, SEALY ET AL TIDE OR WAVE MOTOR Filed Oct. 15, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet l I-IIIIIlIIIIII ll- 4. L

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Paul M Seal If Carroll June 10, 1930. P. M. SEALY ET AL TIDE QR WAVE MOTOR Filed Oct. 15, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor:

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Patented June 10, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PAUL M. SEALY AND JACK CARROLL, OF ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA TIDE on WAVE MOTOR Application filed October 15, 1928. Serial No. 312,522.

The present invention relates to a motor for creating a circulation of water by the rise and fall of a body of water caused by the tides or waves.

; Another very important object of the invention resides in the provision of a motor of this character including float means which rises and falls with the rise and fall of a body of water and imparts reciprocation to one or more cylinders which have stationary pistons associated therewith to set up a pumping action, whereby a stream of water may be pumped through a conduit and be used in the running of a turbine or in any other suitable or desirable manner.

A still further very important object of the invention resides in the provision of a motor structure of this nature which is simple in its construction, strong and durable, inexpensive to manufacture, throughly efficient and reliable in use and operation, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as .will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described 8 and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a motor embodying the features of this invention. Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional view, taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken substantially on the line 44 of Figure 2, and

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view through one of the cylinders.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it

will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes a base onthe bed of a body of water, and

has rising therefrom a pair of standards 6, the upper ends of which are longitudinally slotted, as indicated at 7. A cross member 10 has portions extending through the lower portions of the slots 7 5 and merges into upwardly extending end arms 11, terminating in arcuate portions 12 secured to inverted frusto-conical hollow floats 14:. A plurality of circular portions 15 are provided on the intermediate portions of the cross member between the standards 6 and in each circular portion 15 there is a cylinder 16, open at its top and bottom end and having a partition across its center as is indicated at 17. A cross bar 18 extends across the upper ends of the standards 7.

A piston rod 19 depends rigidly downwardly from the bar 18 for each cylinder 16 and terminates in a piston 20. A rigid piston rod 21 rises upwardly from the base 5,' for each cylinder 16, and terminates in a piston 22. The piston 22 is located in the lower portion of the cylinder 16 and the piston 20 is located in the upper portion thereof. Pipes 23 are threaded in openings in the pistons and have flared transversely extending terminals 24:, for taking in water. A pipe 25 is threaded through an opening in the piston 22 and threaded into an opening 26 in the base 5, leading to a 1ongitudinal passage 27. A pipe 29 leads through an opening in the cylinder 20 and extends upwardly and is connected with a pipe 30. A pipe 31 leads from the passage 27 and merges into the pipe 30. Outwardly opening check valves 32 are disposed in pipes 29 and 25, and inwardly opening check valves 33 are disposed in pipes 23.

From the abovedetailed description it will be seen that as the floats'rise owing to the rise of the body of water in which they are mounted the cylinders 16 also rise, so that the water in the upper portions of these cylinders will be forced out. through pipes 29, while water will be sucked into the lower portions of the cylinders through the lower pipes 23, and then as the floats descend with the fall of the body of water, water will be sucked into the upper portion of the piston 16' and forced out of the lower portion thereof through pipe 25.

Thus a constant stream of water is pumped into the pipe during the continuous rise and fall of the floats 14 as would be occasioned by waves at rather rapid speed or very slowly by the tide.

Obviously, this stream of water in the pipe 30 may be utilized to run water motors or in numerous other desirable ways.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of the inven' tion will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art, without a more detailed description thereof. The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in detail, merely for the purposes of exempli'fication, since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new is:

1. In combination, a base, standards ris ing from the base and having slots extending longitudinally thereof, a cross member projecting through the slots to slide therein and having arm end extensions, floats arranged on the end extensions, one or more cylinders anchored on the cross member between the standards and having their extremities opened and partitioned across their intermediate portions, a cross bar on the upper ends of the standards, piston rods rigidly attached to the cross bar and the base and extending inwardly of the ends of the cylinders and terminating in pistons, outlet pipes threaded through the pistons, inlet pipes threaded through the pistons, and means for taking off water from the outlet pipes.

2. In combination, a base, standards rising from the base and having slots extending longitudinally thereof, a cross member projecting through the slots to slide therein and having arm end extensions, floats arranged on the end extensions, one or more cylinders anchored on the cross member between the standards and having their extremities opened and partitioned across their intermediate portions, a cross bar on the upper ends of the standards, piston rods rigidly attached to the cross bar and the base and extending inwardly of the ends of the cylinders and terminating in pistons, outlet pipes threaded through the pistons, inlet pipes threaded through the pistons, and means for taking off water from the outlet pipes, inwardly opening check valves in the inlet pipes, and outwardly opening check valves in the outlet pipes.

3. In combination, a base, standards rising from the base and having slots extending longitudinally thereof, a cross member projecting through the slots to slide therein and having arm end extensions, floats arranged on the end extensions, one or more cylinders anchored on the cross member between the standards and having their extremities opened and partitioned across their intermediate portions, a cross bar on the upper ends of the standards, piston rods rigidly attached to the cross bar and the base and extending inwardly of the ends of the cylinders and terminating in pistons, outlet pi ses threaded through the pistons, inlet pipes threaded through the pistons, and means for taking off water from the outlet pipes, inwardlyropening check valves in the'inlet pipes, and outwardly opening check valves in the outlet pipes, said extensions being directed upwardly and outward ly and terminating in arcuate portions fixed to the float.

l. In combination, a base, standards rising from the base and having slots extending longitudinally thereof, a cross member projecting through the slots to slide therein and having arm end extensions, floats arranged on the end extensions, one or more cylinders anchored on the cross member between the standards and having their extremities opened and partitioned across their intermediate portions, a cross bar on the upper ends of the standards, piston rods rigidly attached to the cross bar and the base and extending inwardly of the ends of the cylinders and terminating in pistons, outlet pipes threaded through the pistons, inlet pipes threaded through the pistons, and means for taking oil water from the outlet pipes, inwardly opening check valves in the inlet pipes, and outwardly opening check valves in the outlet pipes, said extensions being directed upwardly and outwardly and terminating in arcuate portions fixed to the float, said floats being of an inverted frusto-conical formation.

5. In combination a base having a longitudinal passage formed therein, standards rising from the base and having slots extending longitudinally thereof, a cross member projecting through the slots to slide therein and having arm end extremities, floats arranged on the end extremities, a plurality of cylinders anchored on the cross member between the standards and having their extremities opened, and partitions across their intermediate portions, a cross bar on the upper end of the standards, piston rods rigidly attached to the bar and extending inwardly of the ends of the cylinders and terminating in pistons, outlet pipes threaded through said pistions, a horizontal pipe communicating with the respective outlet pipes, piston rods rigid-ly attached to the base and extending inwardly of the opposite ends of the cylinder and terminating in pistons, outlet pipes threaded through the said last mentioned pistons, each of said last mentioned outlet pipes communicating with the passage in the base, inlet pipes for the respective pistons, and a pipe communicating with the passage in the base and with said horizontal pipe, all in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

PAUL M. SEALY. JACK CARROLL. 

